2025 Term 2 - Week 4 - Newsletter
Prayer for the Week
Gracious, loving God,
Thank you for our wonderful mums and all the special mother figures in our lives.
They love us, care for us, and make us feel special every day.
Please bless them with happiness, health, and lots of love.
Help us to show them how much we appreciate everything they do for us.
We are so grateful for their kindness and support. They mean the world to us!
Amen.
From our APMI
We extend our gratitude to our P&F and all the volunteers who offered a wonderful shopping experience for our students. Their joy in purchasing something precious for their mum’s was absolutely priceless!
Our Prep Team hosted a charming High Tea for our Prep mums on Wednesday. It was incredible to see so many mums join us. I especially enjoyed the manicured nails that students and mums
A special thank you to Rosies and our P&F for the fantastic breakfast this morning. It was a perfect start to the day, and it was lovely to see everyone taking a moment to share together. We also appreciate all the parents who prepared pikelets for our students, ensuring that even those whose mums couldn't attend still enjoyed a treat. A big thank you to our parent and staff volunteers who made this morning so special!
To cap off a great morning, congratulations to the brave 1 Gold for their beautiful prayer celebration, followed by a touching photo montage prepared by Ms Berry. With around 150 emails and over 200 shared photos, the movie was really well supported by our families. Thank you, it was a wonderful way to celebrate together.
Upcoming Family Mass
On Saturday, May 17th at 5pm, we invite our STM families to join us for the Parish Mass at St Thomas More's Church. Our choir students have been preparing hymns, and we hope they can attend to share their beautiful voices. Mrs. Melican will be there to support them during the songs.
A reminder that choir and students with a role are asked to meet Ms. Melican and myself at the front entrance of the Church on Saturday at 4:45pm.
National Walk to School Day
Join us for National Walk to School Day on May 16th! From 7:30am, students (parents and siblings are welcome too of course) are invited to meet at Park Thoms to walk. We will depart at 7:45am to ensure we are back and ready for duty by 8am.
God Bless
Donna Barlow
Assistant Principal Mission & Identity
2025 School Priorities
At the commencement of every school year, the teaching staff gather to consider and develop priorities for the year. For 2025, the focus of our practices will centre on the following:
2025 Theme:
2025 School Goals:
Before School Supervision
Before school duty commences at 8:00am. Children who arrive at school before 8:00am are kindly asked to sit in the ‘Quad Area’ until teacher supervision commences at 8:00am.
Process for Late Arrival, Early Departure and Collection Areas:
This is a valuable opportunity to remind families of the requirements pertaining to late arrival to school and early departure from school. Our aim is to safely account for all students while minimising disruption to teaching for the staff and learning for the students.
Late Arrival
- a student is considered to have arrived late any time after the 8.30am bell on a school day
- all students arriving late must sign be signed in by a parent, family member or themselves. Children then transition to the classroom by themselves.
Early Departure
- a student is considered to have departed early any time before 2.55pm on a school day
- Parent/Guardian to call, email or present to the School Administration Office to inform School Administration Staff their child/children will be departing early and offer the reason for the early departure
- the School Administration Staff will contact and advise the Class Teacher of an early departure and request for the child/children to present to the School Administration Office at a prescribed time
- Parent/Guardian to collect child from School Administration Office and sign child out
- Parents/Guardians are not permitted to attend the classrooms and withdraw children directly
- Parents/Guardians are not permitted to visit the classrooms between the hours of 8:30am and 2:55pm unless invited to do so. This is to avoid disruption to teaching and learning. Should there be a need to visit a classroom or drop something off to a child/children, this can be arranged through the School Administration Office.
Collection Areas for Families (End of School Day)
As part of the afternoon end of school day collection of children, parents/guardians are always invited and encouraged to collect children within the confines of the school in places that do not disrupt teaching and learning. In doing so, we respectfully ask families to wait in the following areas:
- Drop Off/Pick Up Area on South Street (outside the Prep collection area)
- The Quad Area (the collection of children in Years 1, 3 – 6)
- The seats outside of the Year 2 classrooms (Year 2 children).
Communication Protocols
St Thomas More’s Primary School recognises and respects the right of employees to disconnect from work and not respond to work-related electronic communications outside of designated hours. St Thomas More’s Primary School staff will reply to electronic communication within the hours of 8.00am and 5.00pm Monday to Friday. Where contact is made outside of this span of hours, employees will respond within two working days of the employee’s next designated working day considering weekends, leave, other non-working days, vacation periods and holidays.
Grooming Expectations
Please be mindful, hairstyles which draw attention to the individual, including but are not limited to: mullet, scullett, mohawks, tracks, tails, hair colouring etc. are not permitted.
Student Phones
Student mobile phones are to be signed in at the School Administration Office each morning and collected at the end of the school day. Children are not permitted to text or make calls from phones or smart watches during the school day.
From our Sports Dept
Rugby League
Congratulations to Jonathan W for being selected in the darling downs rugby league team. Jonathan will compete at the state championships, and we wish him the best of luck.
Rugby Union
Well done to Ryan L who has been selected in the Toowoomba Zone Barbarian Rugby Team. We wish Ryan all the best when he trials for the darling downs team.
Touch Football
Congratulations to Jonathan W, James O, Christian S, Addison F, Aaliyah L, and Elliemay R for being selected in the Toowoomba zone touch teams. We wish them the best of luck at the Darling Downs trials.
Athletics Carnival – Save the Date
Our annual athletics carnival will be held on Tuesday 17th June at O’Quinn Street. All children from Prep – Year 6 will participate at this carnival. More information to come.
Stacey Hancock
Health and PE Teacher
From the Library
From our Uniform Shop
P & F News
Tuckshop News
Opening Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
Order via Flexischools App. If you need help to navigate the App or to adjust your order, please feel free to pop into the tuckshop and chat to Jemma or email jemma@archerscateringandevents.com.au
Cut off of Online orders...
Order before 7am for Wednesday and Thursday orders. For Friday orders, please order by 1pm Thursdays.
Tuckshop Email: jemma@archerscateringandevents.com.au
NEW Tuckshop Menu
REMINDER - IF YOU CHILD IS SICK, PLEASE CONTACT THE TUCKSHOP BEFORE 9AM TO POSTPONE YOUR ORDER!
Thank you!
A huge thank you to Westridge Fruit and Vegetables for their continued support with the donation of fresh fruit every week for our students!
Notice Board
Tennis Coaching
Tennis Coaching will start again in Term 2.